Equilibrium and kinetic studies of protein cooperativity using urea-induced folding/unfolding of a Ubq-UIM fusion protein

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Patel, Mayank M ^a,b   Tzul, Franco ^a,b   Makhatadze, George I ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein cooperativity; Protein engineering; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN INTERACTING MOTIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; UBIQUITIN; UREA;

EID: 80052329818     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: 18734200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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